Binding Principles in the Grammars of Young Children

Authors

Dana McDaniel PhD, University of Southern MaineFollow
Helen Cairns
Jennifer Hsu, William Paterson University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1990

Publication Title

Language Acquisition

Abstract

A study investigated the status of the binding principles outlined by Noam Chomsky (Lectures on Government and Binding, Dordrecht: Foris, 1981) in the grammars of children aged 3:9 to 5:4. The children were found to possess four different grammar types representing different stages of acquisition.

Recommended Citation

McDaniel, Dana, et al. "Binding Principles in the Grammars of Young Children." Language Acquisition, vol. 1, no. 1, 1990, pp. 121–138.